Recent News and Events
January 2012
Touch
Film has been accepted at The MIX International Short Film Festival. For those of you in Virginia, you can catch the screening at Byrd Theatre, 2908 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA, 23221 on Saturday, February 18, at 12pm.
December 2011
Touch
Film has been accepted at the Cinequest Film Festival! Cinequest Festival runs from February 28 through March 11 in San Jose, California. In addition, Touch was awarded SDCFF honorable mention.
September 2011
Touch
Film won "Best Short" at the Central Florida Film Festival, "Best Drama Short Film" from JamFest Indie Film Festival and "Gold Medal for Excellence in Original Music" from Park City Music Film Festival to date.
Please visit http://www.affectionfilms.com/ for more information on where this film is screening.
The Beauty Project
Producer Patricia Steffy is beginning work on the beauty project: a documentary exploring the idea of beauty and its ramifications in Los Angeles.
May 2011
5,000,000
and Counting!
Pool Party has been viewed more than five million times through Echelon's
online arm, CrazeDigitalMovies. The film also remains the most viewed and discussed movie on Jaman.com.
January 2011
Kate Dating
Circe's World Films LLC is developing the popular blog, "Dating in LA and Other Urban Myths" into a series.
Known for coining the phrase "LA, Where Dating Comes to Die", Kate finds herself single after a long-term
relationship, well over the age of 29, and living in Los Angeles. She neither understands, nor wants to
understand, what constitutes the LA dating scene. And yet, here she goes...
May 2010
Legendary
In February, producer Patricia Steffy had the opportunity to work on a fan-generated
"girl power" commercial honoring the work of actress Allison Mack which aired in both Los Angeles and New York in May 2010.
For more information on this innovative project,
visit the official site.
February 2010
Touch
Affection Films has launched the official website for "Touch". Patricia Steffy acted as a producer on this moving short film which
tells the emotional account of two distressed souls who come together and experience, through human contact, how healing begins.
Please visit http://www.affectionfilms.com/ for more information.
November 2009
IBG Inc.
Producer Patricia Steffy continues her work with IBG Inc. Their latest venture includes the "Believe Again" live event
being held in Beverly Hills on November 14, 2009 to celebrate the television show, "The X-Files". The event includes a
Q&A panel, signing and VIP party. A DVD of the event will be made available following the event. For more details, including
information on the charities benefiting from the event, tickets and DVDs, please visit
http://ibginc.org.
October 2008
Conventioneers
In June 2008, Circe's World Films LLC executive produced a pilot for a
web-based/internet/VOD series. This was the first foray into the new media
arena for CWF. For more information on this brilliant comedy from
the minds of Molly Beck Ferguson and James C. Ferguson, click here.
August 2008
400,000
and Counting!
Pool Party's trailer on Jaman.com has had more than 400,000 views since it premiered on the service at the beginning May. The film itself remains one of the most discussed movies and most watched comedies of the summer. Nothing says summer like Pool Party!
May 2008
"Pool Party" is #1 Downloaded Movie on Jaman.com
United States of America ( Press Release ) May 17, 2008 -- LOS ANGELES, May 17—POOL PARTY is the #1 downloaded film on Jaman.com this week. The cast has received strong notices for their side-splitting performances, and audiences are having fun joining in the sexy insanity that is POOL PARTY!
The film was directed by Timothy M. Snell and produced by Farmview Films, LLC in association with Circe's World Films LLC. The movie was released on AT&T On Demand in March, and is also now available for purchase, rental and download from Singa Home Entertainment, Amazon.com, Netflix and Jaman.com.
The film stars Justin T. Bowler (“Touch”, “Out of Focus”, “World Cup Comedy ”), Mikki Padilla (“Two and a Half Men”, “NCIS”, upcoming “Daisy Scarlett Semper Occultus”), Sarah Horvath (“Dark Town”), Meredith Giangrande (“According to Jim”, “Life”, “ CSI ” and Universal's “Accepted”), Kenzo Lee (MTV's “Connected”, “Baby”), Dave Secor(“Days of Our Lives” and upcoming untitled Clive Owen project), Ryan Ewing (ABC Family's “Greek”, “Pic Six”, “Full Ride”) and Emmy® winning and Clio®-nominated David Lawrence (upcoming “The Incredible Hulk”, “Bukowsical!” and The David Lawrence Show on Sirius).
About “Pool Party”:
All Matt (Justin T. Bowler) wants to do is pass the bar exam and win back the heart of his ex-girlfriend, Maria (Mikki Padilla). How hard could that be? Sure, he's already failed it twice . . . and he works for a lunatic (David H. Lawrence XVII) who wants him to house-sit while he's studying . . . and the boss' kids (Sarah Horvath and Kenzo Lee) are determined to have a party . . .their friends (Meredith Giangrande and Rebecca Morris) are determined to distract him any way they can . . his slightly odd roommate, Stack (Ryan Ewing) wants to play. . . with Matt's buddy Scott (Dave Secor) . . . and the neighbors (Anthony Q. Farrell, Lauren Ditsky and Matthew Mund) want to convert him, but he can handle it, right? . . . Did we mention there's a monkey clown?